The Internet has gone crazy after Asda started selling eight cans of Thatchers cider for just £3.55.

Bristol has always been partial to a drop or two and rumours are that people are driving around the city hunting out the bargain.

But it is bad news for shoppers, with reports that the Bedminster, Filton, Whitchurch and Longwell Green branches of the supermarket, known locally as Asdal, have all sold out.

However, all hope is not lost as you can still pick the offer up online – although there is a £40 minimum on delivery, but click and collect might be an option.

Thatchers normally sells at around four for £4 or £5 and shoppers have been seen taking trolley loads of the goods, which are less than half price.

The last known sighting of the golden liquid delight in the Bristol area was in Whitchurch at around 2pm, but the pallet is now said to be empty.

The store in Bedminster was said to have sold out at around 12.30pm and a sad looking empty shelf is all that remains at the 24/7 store.

A worker at the store said they took away the price tag as the boxes of cider went (presumably not to upset those who missed out on the deal).

Sold out Thatcher's Gold at Asda in Bedminster on Thursday afternoon

One shopper described the scenes in Longwell Green as "chaos".

Ex-pat Bristolians were tweeting smugly from their local stores around the country which were still bulging at the seams with the staple drink of Bristol.

One Bristol Rovers fan, Alistair Burns, tweeted a pic of his local store in Hatfield in Hertfordshire, showing full pallets, as Bristolians here in the city mournfully shared pictures of empty pallets and shelves.